HR Strategy: Business Focused Individually Centred addresses the two key themes of translating business strategy into a workable, measurable HR strategy while simultaneously tapping into the needs and motivational patterns of individual employees in order to unleash their maximum value. The ultimate aim of any HR strategy is to design the highest value organization. Strategy may be a notoriously difficult topic to pin down but the author produces both a wide-angle view and specific examples of what a real HR strategy looks like in different organizational contexts. This is a book that covers the theory but swiftly moves on to the question of how anyone might actually start to develop a high value HR strategy. It shows the key ingredients and practical steps involved in implementation.
The importance of strategic thinking in a business context has been well
established for a very long time. More recently, however ... If a business can
accurately predict the future, it can produce a plan; but a plan is not a strategy. If
Tesco knew ...
This comprehensive examination of the main approaches to object-oriented language explains key features of the languages in use today. Class-based, prototypes and Actor languages are all examined and compared in terms of their semantic concepts. This book provides a unique overview of the main approaches to object-oriented languages. Exercises of varying length, some of which can be extended into mini-projects are included at the end of each chapter. This book can be used as part of courses on Comparative Programming Languages or Programming Language Semantics at Second or Third Year Undergraduate Level. Some understanding of programming language concepts is required.
Impure languages are very often designed by taking a procedural programming
language and adding a set of constructs that support object-oriented
programming. This was the case, for example, in the transition from the 1983 Ada
standard ...
Concentrating on three main themes - environmental complexity, community as the target of intervention, and commitment to social justice - Community Theory and Practice updates and expands the current boundaries of thinking about community organization. This book is an important resource for social work students, educators, and practitioners, as well as those who work in the areas of sociology, urban studies, community organization and development, and criminology, and other areas of social study and policy.
Employing separate sources of macro- and micro-level data in a contextual
analysis of an individual-level dependent variable has several important
advantages. Contextual variables from an exogenous source provide reliable
and valid ...
This timely and accessible book explores the links between politics, learning and sustainability. Its central focus is the future of people and the planet itself. The challenges that we face in combatting climate change and building a more sustainable world are complex and the book argues that if we are to successfully meet these challenges we need a fundamental change in the way we do politics and economics, embedding a lifelong commitment to sustainability in all learning. We have no option but to make things work for the better. After all, planet earth is the only home we have! The book will be important reading for academics and students in a variety of related subjects, including politics, public policy, education, sustainable development, geography, media, international relations and development studies. It will also be a valuable resource for NGOs and policy makers.
This approach seeks to achieve the sustainable use of ecosystem products and
services through the adoption of a number of key principles.These include:
respecting the biological limits of ecosystem structures; managing ecosystems for
...
Organizations need innovation like plants need water; without it, they will die. Great innovations are always the result of blending the right technology, the right business model, and the right people. But in the end, it always comes back to the people and the organization. Innovation depends on the human beings who make it happen. I have found that to foster and sustain the creative spirit, an organization must understand and act in accordance with the human principles that underlie the innovation process. Understanding these principles requires an honest focus on people and their relationship with business and organizational concerns. Because only human beings create ideas, only human beings can sow the seeds of innovation. In this book, it is my hope to show how focusing on people their unique qualities, their values, and their diverse organizational roles is the most essential step in creating a vibrant, flourishing, innovating organization. Making the Invisible Visible sets forth principles that are necessary to create an innovative culture and help innovation leaders find, fund and nurture the right people. It is for managers, innovation leaders, or anyone inspired by a love of actualized ideas.
In this book, it is my hope to show how focusing on people their unique qualities, their values, and their diverse organizational roles is the most essential step in creating a vibrant, flourishing, innovating organization.
Creative Beading, Vol. 9 is a yearbook of projects from Bead&Button magazine, appearing in issues from October 2012 through August 2013. The book includes a thorough basics section and helpful tips for readers, along with over 75 editor-tested projects from the magazine. So it’s easy to follow, the book is divided into sections, with projects grouped by technique (single-stitch, multiple-technique, and other techniques). Included is a range of stitching, stringing, wirework, and embroidery projects, plus bead crochet and kumihimo. Readers will also see the latest bead shapes, and other popular materials being used.
The book includes a thorough basics section and helpful tips for readers, along with over 75 editor-tested projects from the magazine.
This book showcases the best projects from a year of Bead&Button magazine in a gorgeous hardcover volume. With 80 beautiful beading projects featuring a variety of techniques – stringing, wirework, stitching, bead crochet, and more –Creative Beading, Vol. 2 is sure to spark beaders’ imaginations and enhance their skills.
This book showcases the best projects from a year of Bead&Button magazine in a gorgeous hardcover volume.
